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Artist Statement:
The artistic precosity of
Louis St.Lewis was noticed
early on and he was enrolled
in the gifted and talented
program at Western Carolina
University at age 12. He
attended Stanford University
as well as the North Carolina
School of the Arts where he
was removed from the Design
and Production department and
chosen for a special fine arts
curriculum.
Louis has been reviewed
numerous times by the
international magazine
ARTPAPERS, and his art has
been featured in ARTFORUM as
well as AMERICAN ART
COLLECTOR. Mr. St.Lewis has
been showcased at both the
Toronto and San Francisco
International Art Fairs and he
is tghe recipient of several
jury awards. Louis has
exhibited nationally and
internationally and has an
extensive list of celebrity
clients. St. Lewis was chosen
by special jury fir a
comprehensive overview of his
award winning mixed media and
assemblage which takes place
from August until October at
Raleigh's ARTSPACE
"Louis St.Lewis is a
compelling artist from Chapel
Hill, NC who has gained
considerable exposure and
recognition for a wide range
of creative endeavors
including painting, sculpture
and collage. He is known for
reliefs and assemblage works
which rely on actual
dimensional objects for their
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Artist Exhibitions:
2008 ARTSPACE, Raleigh NC,
Solo Exhibition
2008 Craven Allen Gallery,
Durham, NC Solo Exhibition
2008 Tyndall Galleries, Chapel
Hill, NC Solo Exhibition
2008 Crooks Corner, Chapel
Hill, NC Solo Exhibition
2008 Greenhill Center for
North Carolina Art,
Greensboro, NC, Invitational
2007 Fearrington-Smith
Gallery, New Orleans, LA Solo
Exhibition
2007 ...
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Artist Galleries:
Tyndall Galleries, Chapel
Hill, NC
Craven Allen Gallery, Durham
NC
Broadhurst Gallery, Pinehurst,
NC
Center of the Earth Gallery,
Charlotte, NC
Fearington-Smith Gallery , New
Orleans, LA
Palette Art, Healdsburg, CA
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Artist Reviews:
The following is the recent
essay about St.Lewis by Judith
B. Farquhar PhD. Max Palvesky
Prodessor of Anthropology and
of Social Sciences at the
University of Chicago.
Bricolage and Assemblage
In French,
“bricolage” refers to the work
of a builder who uses whatever
comes to hand to build
something ...
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Collections:
The Ogden Museum of Southern
Art
The New Orleans Museum of Art
The Morris Museum of Southern
Art
The Masur Museum of Art
Dr. Larry Wheeler, director of
the North Carolina Museum of
Art
Allen G.Thomas Jr.
Christian LaCroix
Danielle Steele
Mr. & Mrs. James Duke Seamans
Jr.
HRH The ...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Louis St.lewis Biography:
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46
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Single
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
Athiest |
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| Education |
Self Taught |
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Photographed by Andy Warhol, sketched by Robert Indiana and praised by Judy Chicago, The artworks of North Carolina artist Louis St. Lewis are found in the collections of The Ogden Museum of Art, The New Orleans Museum of Art, The Morris Museum of Art, The Masur Museum of Art, HRH The Prince of Kuwait, Christian LaCroix, Danielle Steele, Maya Angelou, Joan Collins, Laurie Anderson, Andre Leon Talley, Equitable Life Insurance, Alcoa among others. The artist is represented in Atlanta, New Orleans, San Francisco, Paris, Charlotte, Chapel Hill, Pinehurst, Greenville and Beaufort.
Bricoleur, ARTSPACE Raleigh August 25-October 6 '08
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